Lucianne returned her sights to the woman in the portrait, and her heart felt heavy for what happened to her. Xandar wrapped his arms around Lucianne’s abdomen and whispered, “Rosalie’s eyes are lilac like the rest of us in human form. But her eye color painted here is her animal’s. They were as blue as sapphires…like your animal’s, sweetheart.”

Lucianne’s eyes widened in realization. Her body jerked upright and she turned and asked, “Were there other Lycans like her? Those who have animals with eyes which are not lilac?”

Xandar tucked a stray hair behind her ear as he said, “Not that I know of, Lucy.” They stared at the...